née Blandy Jenkins Father: John Blandy Jenkins, (m. 1891, d. 1901 in Las Palmas, Grand Canary), Mother: Helen Mary [Duffield, m. 1902 Frank Hervey Aston Oakes, who d. in 1907 ]
Address in 1901: Park House, Graig, Monmouthshire (living with her uncle and aunt, Leolin and Alice Walker) In 1911, aged 18, she was staying in Wimbledon with Mrs Louisa de Saumaurez Tate [nee Hawtrey], as a visitor, as was Miss Ellen Frederica Hawtrey, aged 50. m. 7 Aug 1914 in London, Stephen William Miles Silver
m. 1932 in Kenya Wing Commander Charles Stanford 'Sandy' Wynne-Eyton, DSO, AFC of RAF Cairo (d.14 Nov 1944 in the crash of Liberator II AL584 in France) prev. Pilot in Kenya Aux AF 1939-40 Address in 1940: Timau, Kenya; took her Medical for the ATA at RAF Nairobi
She is believed to be the first woman to have flown as a pilot with a Royal Air Force unit, with WAAF Middle East. She owned VP-KBX, a 1936 DH 85 Leopard Moth, which was impressed into the SAAF during WWII but survived until a hangar fire in Benoni [Johannesburg] in 1956 Peter Elliott, of the RAF Museum, discovered a signal dated 12 Sep 1943, from RAF Middle East to the Air Ministry, asking for confirmation that members of the WAAF were to be employed as pilots. "The tone of the reply - stating that only the ATA could employ such women - may have led to them hastily terminating Mrs Wynne-Eyton's contract, just a month later." [Contract Terminated] m. 1947 David Geoffrey Christie-Miller
Address in 1955: Kitale, Nairobi, Kenya and Kensington, London d. 5 Nov 1955 - Kensington, London Download ATA Pilot Personal Record (.zip file): |
RAeC 1930
c1942, via Peter Elliott
